The 26 best eye creams from beauty brands like Bliss, La Mer, Kiehl's, Drunk Elephant, L'Occitane and more.
With foundation, lipstick, face oil, self-tanner, face moisturizer, wrinkle treatments, face wash, teeth whitener, eyelash serum, face masks and face cleanser it is easy to forget to add an eye cream in to your beauty regimen.
Unless you're blessed with Halle Berry's or J.Lo's genes, the skin around and under your eyes is likely to show signs of aging earlier than other parts of your face. Considering this area (called the periorbital hollow) is thinner and more delicate, it's no surprise that dark circles, wrinkles, puffiness and other under eye situations crop up -- and then stay put.
To combat and even help prevent these completely natural signs of getting older, adding a good eye cream to your skincare routine is essential. Look for ones full of anti-aging powerhouses, like retinol, hyaluronic acid and vitamin C, all of which can revive the look of mature skin with consistent, regular use.
No matter which eye cream you land on, be sure you're getting the most out of it by applying correctly. Many beauty experts recommend smoothing a pea-size amount of product between two fingers and applying to the under eye area by tapping it onto skin rather than rubbing (just as you would your concealer). Gently spread it along the orbital bone from the temples to the under eye, being careful not to deposit product on your lashes and being extra gentle on any patches of dry skin.
Ready for an awakening? Below, the 27 best eye creams for all skin types.
C-Tango Multivitamin Eye Cream
Drunk Elephant's C-Tango Multivitamin Eye Cream fights fine lines, wrinkles and loss of firmness. Drunk Elephant has a huge cult beauty following and is known for their natural approach and ingredients in their beauty products. This eye cream's ingredients includes eight peptides, five forms of vitamin C and cucumber extract.
Ultimate Miracle Worker Eye Cream
Formulated to bring the best out in your eyes. This patented and legendary anti-aging eye cream from Philosophy targets puffiness, dark circles, fine lines, and wrinkles with a focus on firming the skin around your eyes.
Obagi ELASTIderm Eye Treatment Cream
Obagi ELASTIderm Eye Treatment Cream works to replenish the elastin to support collagen and give skin tons of functional elasticity in just 9 weeks.
Immortelle Divine Eyes
Immortelle Divine Eyes by L'Occitane fights the visible signs of aging and crow's feet. Additionally, it evens out skin tone, which can diminish dark circles around your eyes.
Bright Idea Vitamin C & Tri-Peptide Collagen Protecting Eye Cream
The Bliss Bright Idea Vitamin C & Tri-Peptide Collagen Protecting Eye Cream is an antioxidant-rich formula that can reduce the appearance of fine lines and aging via vitamin C and spa grade collagen to protect and revive your delicate eye area.
Wrinkle Warrior Eye
The Kate Somerville Wrinkle Warrior Eye is a hardworking eye gel that plumps and hydrates to erase visible dark circles, puffiness, lines and wrinkles.
Sunday Riley Auto Correct Brightening and Depuffing Eye Contour Cream
Sunday Riley's Auto Correct Brightening and Depuffing Eye Contour Cream instantly delivers a lifted and depuffed look to the under eye area while reducing the appearance of fine lines and dark circles. Sunday Riley products are all paraben, phthalate and sulfate-free.
Kiehl's Powerful-Strength Dark Circle Reducing Vitamin C Eye Serum
Kiehl's Powerful-Strength Dark Circle Reducing Vitamin C Eye Serum is the second Kiehl's product on this last...for a reason. Kiehl's powerful eye serum is infused with vitamin C, tri-peptide and hyaluronic acid to help visibly reduce puffy eyes, crow's-feet and dark circles.
Eye Contour Lifting Cream
A favorite of J.Lo's, this eye cream does it all. Packed with beneficial ingredients like hyaluronic acid, caffeine and diamond powder, this formula relieves lines, wrinkles, dark circles, puffiness, sagging, dullness and dehydration.
A.G.E. Eye Complex for Dark Circles
We love many products in this dermatologist-recommended skin care line, and SkinCeuticals' A.G.E. Eye Complex for Dark Circles is among the cream of the crop. Enriched with anti-aging agent pro-xylane, antioxidant-rich blueberry extracts and an anti-inflammatory complex of flavonoids and synergistic peptides, this powerful eye cream works to reduce the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles (including crow's feet), dark circles and puffiness.
Honest Beauty Honestly Bright Eyes Tinted Eye Cream
Honest Beauty's Honestly Bright Eyes Tinted Eye Cream is a color correcting and brightening eye cream formulated with hyaluronic acid and squalene. This product is vegan, paraben-free and cruelty-free.
The Eye Concentrate
Wish list item! La Mer's pricey but powerful eye treatment delivers faster everything: brightening and strengthening of the skin, smoothing of lines and wrinkles, and soothing of the under eye area. In a sensory test conducted by a third party, the concentrate was shown to reduce aging signs in 21 days after participants used the product twice per day for four weeks.
Bliss Eye Do All Things
This Bliss Eye Do All Things Hydrating Eye Gel depuffs and brighten tired eyes and dark circles with a steel rollerball massaging applicator. This Bliss multi-action cooling eye gel brightens and tightens the skin around the eyes.
Maracuja C-Brighter Eye Treatment
Tarte's rich and creamy eye treatment contains ingredients like maracuja (which is rich in essential fatty acids and vitamin C), firming oat sugars, hyaluronic acid and vitamin E, a natural preservative that also acts as an emollient and antioxidant. Translation: Expect smoother, more radiant skin in just a couple weeks. (You can also use this product as an eyeshadow primer!)
Bubblewrap
Like many Glossier products, Bubblewrap pulls double duty: It's both an eye treatment and a lip treatment, all in one little bottle. Made with a moisturizing combo of hyaluronic acid, squalane, avocado oil and brightening blueberry extract, this power player wakes up tired eyes and lips so they look fresher, smoother and more hydrated. It's also lightweight enough to wear under makeup.
All About Eyes Serum De-Puffing Eye Massage
Clinique's All About Eyes Serum De-Puffing Eye Massage is a cooling serum that massages away puffy eye bags and dark circles.
111Skin Rose Gold Illuminating Eye Mask Box
These rose gold gel eye masks from 111Skin are a treat.
Avocado Eye Cream
Kiehl's Avocado Eye Cream is a gentle, hydrating eye treatment whose ingredients list actually sounds kind of delicious. Hydrating avocado oil restores moisture to the skin, cocoa butter adds softness and shea butter provides youthful suppleness.
SkinActive Clearly Brighter Anti-Puff Eye Roller
Cool off and brighten up with this soothing eye cream roller, which targets dark circles and eye puffiness with a gel-texture formula that contains caffeine, mint and vitamin C. To use, gently roll it under each eye from the inner corner to the outer corner, then rub in excess product until it's fully absorbed.
One Step Correct EYE Correcting & Brightening Serum
This Stila one-step eye cream does it all: erases dark circles, brightens, and hydrates your delicate undereye area. This product is a must-have!
Skyn Iceland Hydro Cool Firming Eye Gels
The Skyn Iceland Hydro Cool Firming Eye Gels uses hydrolyzed elastin to calm muscles under the skin to help restore firmness and tone to the under eye area.
Avocado Melt Retinol Eye Sleeping Mask
Some eye creams are formulated to be worn during daily activities, while others are meant to work their magic overnight. This luxurious product is more mask than cream and enlists encapsulated retinol to even out skin tone, avocado for a hit of wrinkle-fighting antioxidants and soothing coffeeberry (the seed of the coffee plant) to neutralize free radicals.
Cetaphil Hydrating Eye Gel Cream
The best eye cream for sensitive skin is also one of the most affordable skincare product on our list. Its formula absorbs quickly like a gel but moisturizes deeply like a cream and contains trusty ingredients like hyaluronic acid, licorice extract and vitamin C. This eye moisturizer is dermatologist- and ophthalmologist-tested and is clinically shown to be non-irritating and hypoallergenic.
Luminous Deep Hydration Firming Eye Serum
Tatcha created its first eye serum using hydrating Okinawa red algae to improve the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles as well as caffeine from green tea to reduce puffiness and firm up that delicate under eye skin. Instead of using your finger, apply this serum with its cooling ceramic applicator.
Eva Naturals Youth Restoring Eye Gel
Eva Naturals Youth Restoring Eye Gel is a firming eye cream treatment for puffy eyes, dark circles, fine lines and crow's feet. This eye gel formula pairs plant stem cells with active ingredients such as Matrixyl 3000, amino acids and hyaluronic acid to smooth wrinkles and boost collagen production.
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